Hi, I'm Lucinda
The photo was taken with my new Canon EOS 450D (with a tamron 18-200mm lense), by me in the mirror. It's a little overexposed, but at my age, that's not necessarily a bad thing.
Bare Bones Bio:
I was born in Louisiana, USA in 1956, youngest of four girls. In 1967 we all moved to New Jersey when my father was transferred. I've always loved to read and soon gravitated towards Sci Fi, Fantasy, and nonfiction (mostly English History). The last was influenced by watching Masterpiece Theatre. I had the opportunity to go to the UK and Greece on 10 day Easter trips through my high school, which instilled in me an itch to travel. After one year of college,(I learned a lot, but unfortunately not much from my professors and text books) I joined the Air Force and went to Japan and England. I married a fellow GI (Bill), in England, got out of the Air Force (Bill stayed in)and went back to the States. Bill and I then lived in Rancho Cordova, California (where we had our first son, Charles),
Biloxi, Mississippi (where we had our second son, James), Oxfordshire, UK (For me, thank you Bill), and San Antonio, Texas (where we live now). Bill is retired from the Air Force and drives a Big Rig for J. B. Hunt. I am an office manager for a carwash. Charles and James graduated last May from University of Texas at San Antonio and Texas A&M at College Station respectively. Yeah!!!
Interests:
Reading - Mostly nonfiction history, though I have widened the field somewhat. I also like journals and diaries and have been reading "The Diary of Samuel Pepys" on and off for a while now. I'm currently on Vol. VII 1666. (I haven't gotten to the great fire yet). My fiction tends to run to fantasy, Douglas Adams, Terry Pratchett, and Neil Gaiman to name a few.
Music - I grew up on rock, folk, musicals, classical, and Gilbert and Sullivan. I still love all that and have added jazz, blues, bluegrass, celtic and a little country. I don't play any instruments and can't sing (the singing talent in our family seemed to lessen with each new sister and I'm the baby of the bunch), but I'm an enthusiastic listener.
Art (Drawing, Photography and Oil Painting) - One of the regular pastimes of my sisters and I growing up was paper dolls. We used typing paper to make swimsuit clad paper dolls with pattern book heads. Then we spent countless hours drawing and coloring clothes for them. Depending on the current story, they could be clothes from Regency England, Colonial America, or Star Trek. I also drew faces from the hairdo magazines and was happy if they looked fairly human. I now draw and have recently taken up oil painting. I'm a definite amateur at photography. I've taken pictures since the mid 70s when I went to Japan, but they are mostly of my travels, kids and cats. I've got a lot to go through to see which ones are worth posting. I bought my first digital camera last April (09) for my birthday (I ordered it in April, received it in May, for my birthday in June. (I don't believe in being too literal about such things) I bought PhotoShop in June. I've still got a lot to learn on both, but it's a lot of fun.
Other - My sister Gail and I love The Teaching Company lectures. We both buy history, I occasionally buy literature and she occasionally buys math and science and we watch each other's. I'm also a tad fond of cats.
I could gush, and probably have, about all the talent I see on RR. I find myself using the words wow and beautiful far too much. I guess I should pull out the Thesaurus.ÂÂ
Comments (33)
magnus073
This clock has always fascinated me Lucinda, and without a doubt this is by far the best capture of it I've ever seen. What a cool gift for Shawn, and as for the shipping it might be cheaper to ship him to it ;) Great job on this warm birthday dedi to a very nice guy. Your choice of titles and comments really cracked me up.
durleybeachbum
Amazing! what a super thing and great pics!
alanwilliams
this is a terrific cityscape, beautifully sharp and full of interest, and many thanks for your comment on my picture yesterday, couldn't have more of a contrast than with yours today
annie5
Very interesting capture! Great dedication too :)
Rhanagaz
He, he! Funny and well captures! ;o)
helanker
That is indeed an excellent dedication for your friend, Lucinda :-)
flavia49
fabulous Happy B-Day gift!! great capture and dedi!!
Madbat
Wow, a wall clock, or a clock wall?? With that thing you already got 1 out of 4 walls for a new building! Now all we need is a wall thermostat, wall calender...
jayfar
You took this with great timing!! Lol. Not seen one like this before, great shot.
jmb007
bonne image!
jendellas
That is an amazing clock, no excuse to be late!!!!
unstart
Wow..that is amazing!!
emmecielle
Curious and interesting building! Beautiful pictures! :)
drifterlee
Wonderful shot! That is quite a clock!
sandra46
AWESOME IMAGE!WONDERFUL DEDICATION!
jocko500
now that big... even Paul Bunyon can read this clock
goodoleboy
Oh my, Lucinda, I had no idea that you were a time traveler. Terrific clarity, detail, and geometric patterns in this most unique of BD dedications, young lady.
bimm3d
cool gift!! :)
wysiwig
Very cool. I really must get out more often on my next visit.
mariogiannecchini
Very interesting capture, Lucinda! Wonderful dedi !
dochtersions
What a cool and interesting image. Great dedi, Lucinda!
PassionateGuy
A unique capture that is for sure. Your postings always make me wonder if i should really give photography a go because you always up load the best
Chipka
This is frakkin' amazing! WOW! What a clock! I love the futuristic vibe this has, like it was built in the era when we still looked ahead and things had a sort of quirky Jettsons feel to it...but there's so much more to this than that! I love the depth this has and the wonderful sense of color: everything is so subtle and interactive in terms of photographic elements, and the size of that thing is impressive. I dare say that shipping costs are a bit...um...prohibitive, and the instruction book on how to set the thing would give the New York City yellow pages a run for their money in terms of sheer girth! The idea of that alone has given me a much-needed giggle! What a wonderful gift/dedication, and as always, superb photography.
anianiani
special.......
M2A
Original clock. Great photo.
KarmaSong
A gorgeous diptych and mind-blowing clock that rings a bell in some way for me, as I still feel nostalgic of my two visits to the Big Apple. You've beautifully captured the New York magic, in this combination of modernity, futurism and this old red-brick building against which the clock is set...I've always loved the paradoxical side to Manhattan, the most European city of the United States! Excellent photo! ( Thank you very much for your comment on my own 'clock' pic! )
anitalee
Strange clock, great shot
julesart
Nice shot!
tennesseecowgirl
LOL love it...
Richardphotos
I loved NYC when I visited there in 87 and walked all day long.do they make these in watches?